Job Description

East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire) is a well-respected and award winning membership, representation and business support organisation that aims to enhance businesses and communities in the three cities and three counties. With more than 4,100 members and working with 12,000 businesses each year, we have established a reputation as the voice of the region's business community.

Job title:

Commercial Events & Engagement Officer

Salary:

26,500 to 28,500 per annum (dependent on experience)

Based at:

Derby or Nottingham with agile working after probation. Additional travel required across the region

Contract:

Permanent, full-time (35 hours per week)

1. WHY THE POST EXISTS

Do you enjoy creating events that connect businesses? Are you skilled at balancing creativity with commercial targets and deadlines to deliver successful outcomes? Can you source and build strong regional relationships with suppliers and stakeholders? Are you a confident communicator who wants to collaborate and bring ideas to life? If so, you could be our next Commercial Events team member.

In this role, you'll support the planning and delivery of the Chamber's annual flagship events, with a focus on commercial activity. You will be an important part in proudly showcasing and celebrating members, meeting deadlines and budgets, identifying engaging topics, themes and venues that demonstrate East Midlands business needs, developing and maintaining positive working relationships and delivering high-quality events.

You must be an excellent communicator to ensure that our events vision and outputs are understood by relevant stakeholders (internal and external) to achieve success.

2. THE KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Venue management - Research and negotiate with venues to meet capacity, quality, and budget requirements. Event planning and delivery - Collaborate with colleagues and members to identify themes, schedule events, and ensure smooth delivery while meeting profit targets. Budget and sales - Monitor event spend and ticket sales, drive attendance through proactive outreach and internal engagement. Stakeholder coordination - Liaise with customers, suppliers, and contractors, ensuring cost-effectiveness and quality service. Promotion - Provide timely event details to marketing teams for effective promotion and uphold brand standards. Administration - Maintain accurate records and support continuous improvement.

3. IDEALLY APPLICANTS WILL POSSESS

Proven experience in event planning and delivery, ideally in a commercial or B2B setting. Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines. Excellent communication skills. Tech-savvy with good knowledge of Microsoft Office and CRM systems. A proactive, detail-oriented approach and a passion for creating outstanding events. Comfortable driving ticket sales. Skilled at tracking spend and ensuring outputs are met.

4. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN RETURN

25 days holiday plus bank holidays each year (pro rata for part time). 8% non-contributory pension scheme. Wellbeing support including access to Westfield Health plan, Mental Health First Aiders, self help toolkits, discounts and more. Your Birthday off plus an extra day of leave after 5 and 10 years' service. Life assurance (death in service support scheme) for your beneficiaries. Dress for the day policy and agile working practices (role dependent). 2 CSR days to take per year (volunteering activity). Access to tax-free childcare and Bike2Work schemes. Special leave for bereavement, compassionate leave & dependent related time off. Learning and development opportunities. Flexibility to take unpaid leave, paid study leave & special leave for territorial army. Recognition and engagement schemes including our Our Stars. Tax free 45p per business mile for cars (up to 10,000 miles per year).

5. HOW TO APPLY

If you have an enthusiastic approach to your work and feel you could make a significant contribution to our organisation, we would like to hear from you.

Please visit East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire) job vacancies website. Unfortunately we cannot accept applications from this platform for compliance purposes.

The closing date for applications is ongoing (we close ongoing adverts once sufficient applications are received).

6. COMPANY STATEMENT

East Midlands Chamber (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire) is an equal opportunities employer and Disability Confident Leader. All suitably qualified people are encouraged to apply for vacancies regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. Applicants require current eligibility to live and work in the UK, they must also disclose any unspent convictions or cautions and company director disqualifications in their covering letter. Please inform recruitment@emc-dnl.co.uk of any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process. The business is dedicated to retaining talent and therefore it may decide to prioritise and support internal applicants. For information about how we process your data please visit our website.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 26,500.00-28,500.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Derby DE1 3LD